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Analyses evolving doctrines and new and disruptive technologies
(including nuclear deterrence), and how these impact the conflict
dynamics between India and Pakistan. Evaluates the ways and means
by which crisis and deterrence stability is achieved between India
and Pakistan. Will help to predict future course of conflicts and
offer a future policy framework for arms race / deterrence
stability.
Naswar is a Smokeless Tobacco Product (STP) widely used in
Pakistan. It has been correlated with oral and esophageal cancer in
recent clinical studies. The toxic effects associated with S.T.P
have been associated with trace level contaminants present in these
products. That is why toxin level of Pakistani Naswar is reported
for the first time in this study. Thirty Pakistani brands of Naswar
were tested for a variety of toxic constituents and carcinogens
such as cadmium, arsenic, lead and other carcinogenic metals;
nitrite and nitrate; and nicotine and pH. The average values of all
the toxins studied were well above their allowable limits, making
the product a health risk for its consumers. Calculated life time
cancer risk is well above the minimum 'target range' for
potentially hazardous substances.This study shows that the
production, packaging, sale and consumption of Naswar should be
regulated, and the general public be made aware of its harmful
effects, so that to protect them from the health hazards associated
with its consumption.
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Jalal Moughania; Sayyid Muhammad Saeed Al-Hakeem
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The termite fauna of an area, locally known as Mianwali, was little
known in the past and this fact prompted a dire need to carry out a
detailed survey of District Mianwali regarding termite fauna and
swarming patterns. The present survey revealed 16 species of
termite, of which 06 species are new records for the area studied.
Regarding swarming, the present study indicates that wind speed and
temperature appear to be the most influencing factors as humidity
remained more or less in the same range during the study period.
More detailed studies spread over many years are required to
finally summarize the exact flight period of different species in
relation to environmental factors.
The present book investigate the morphological, palynological,
anatomical features and ethnobotanical profile of 23 species of
aquatic plants belonging to 17 families of Hazara Divison,
Pakistan. The objective of the study was to identify and classify
the plants on the basis of above mentioned studies and to study the
intraspecific, intrageneric and intergeneric relationships among
species. This study was also carried out to highlight the
ethnobotanical knowledge including local name, habitat, parts used,
medicinal uses and other uses of plants. Among pollens maximum
polar size and equatorial diameter was reported in Coix
lacryma-jobi L was 83.75 um and 72.5 umwhereas the lowest polar and
equatorial diameter was observed in Nasturtium officinale R.Br i.e.
17.5 um and 14.37 um respectively.Maximum exine thickness was
observed in Eclipta alba L 4.37 um whereas lowest exine thickness
was shown by Bacopa monneiri (L.) Pennell i.e 1.62 um. The highest
percentage pollen fertility was reported in Eclipta alba L i.e.
96.29 and the lowest percentage fertility was observed in
Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms i.e. 70.3. The highest trichome
length was observed in the abaxial of leaf epider"
Maize has always been an important in cereals as it has been used
as food, fodder and feed human consumption, animals and poultry
respectively. Improvement in quality components of maize crop is
the most important task to fulfill the nutritional requirements.
Maize flour and its products are the main source of nutrition for
its consumers. Genetic studies provide us a base and approach to
improve the quality components, various physiological and
morphological traits associated with yield and yield related
traits.The cultivated maize scientifically is Zea mays L. that
belongs to family kingdom Plantae, subkingdom Tracheobionta,
superdivision Spermatophyta, division Magnoliophyta,
classLiliopsida, subclass Commelinidae, OrderCyperales, Family
Poaceae (grass family), genus Zea (corn), species Zea mays (corn).
Itis a diploid specie (2n = 2x = 20) The genusZea includes 6 annual
and3 perennial species. Maize has many uses. Its grain is a rich
source of starch, vitamins, proteins and minerals. One hundred gram
of fresh grain contains 361 calories of energy, 9.4 g protein; 4.3g
fat, 74.4g carbohydrate, 1.8g fibre; 1.3g ash, 10.6 per cent water,
140mg vitamins, 9mg calcium.
The genus Hieroglyphus Krauss (1877) reviewed by Mason (1973)
comprises a number of species. Of these three species H.perpolita
(Uvarov), H.oryzivorus Carl and H.nigrorepletus I.Bolivar occur in
Pakistan. Certain species of Hieroglyphus present interesting
complex as they appear in swarm (Ghouri and Ahmed 1960), while
H.nigrorepletus, H.oryzivorus and H.daganensis are dimorphic,
occurring in both brachypterous as well as in macropterous forms.
According to Uvarov (1922) macropterous form occurs incidentally.
H. nigroreletus I.Bolivar is reported as a major pest of rice,
sugarcane, wheat, maize in India and Pakistan (Roonwal, 1978). It
was in 1949 that this pest was reported by Bhatia to be causing
extensive damage to millets in the Ajmer Marwara state and in the
adjoining areas of Rajastan. About 75% of the village covering an
area of 112.707 acres of maize and jowar in Ajmer-Marwara state was
reported to be infested with this grasshopper and the loss caused
by this pest was reported to be six million rupees. Inspite of
these reports, this pest did not attract much attention of economic
entomologists.
Pakistan is an agricultural country still spending millions of
dollars on the import of edible oil, which is a major drain on the
foreign exchange reserves of the country. The indigenous oil
production of the country could not match the growing demand of
population. The domestic edible production only meet about 25% of
the requirement and has grown @ 2.6% annually over last 20 years,
while consumption has increased at 9%. Among different oilseed
crops rapeseed and mustards contribute 21% towards national oil
production but the quality of oil is low due to presence
undesirable fatty acids i.e., erucic acid and glucosinolates. This
book primarily focuses on the genotypic evaluation of advanced
lines of Rapeseed. Twelve genotypes Hyola-308, Bullet, PB-4,
ZII-98, Altex, Oscar, Dunkeld, Siren, PC-89, Altex x Shirallee,
Altex x Candle and Altex x PC-89 were studied. This comprehensive
and profusely illustrated book will be highly valuable for
undergraduate and postgraduate students of Agriculture and
researchers involved in the plant breeding & genetics.
Therefore, this book should be available in each library.
National Policy for Development and Empowerment of Women (NPDEW)
was formally enunciated in March 2002 by the Government of
Ex-President Pervez Musharraf with the main objective to stop
Violence against Women in the country and to provide a friendly
atmosphere and equal status to Pakistani woman vis-a- vis man. The
Government recognized that VAW is a provocative subject and thus in
this text the government introduced various measures to cope with
this wide spread and un-human problem in the society of Pakistan.
This study was based on how much this Policy and other government
committments helped in the elimination of VAW from the country. In
spite of the announcement of the NPDEW and other measures the
government has been unsuccessful to practically implement this
Policy and fulfill its committments. Still there are huge gaps
between theory and practices (Legislation and Ground reality). The
book in hand provides the base line information for the policy
makers, legislators, law students, women sectors NGOs & media.
Therefore, it should be in each and every library.
Maize is the third main cereal crop after wheat and rice in
Pakistan, and second after wheat in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa. Horse
purslane (Trianthema portulacastrum L) a member of family
Aizoaceae, is a common weed of maize, cotton and vegetables all
over Pakistan (Hashim and Marwat, 2002). Due to indeterminate
habit, vegetative and reproductive growth continues for the entire
life span (Nayyar et al., 2001). Out of 69 weed species T.
portulacastrum was realized as the most aggressive weed of maize
crop (Kumar and Singh, 1983). At a density of 12 plants m-2 of T.
portulacastrum gave lower maize yield of 3.54 t ha-1 than weed-free
plots 3.89 t ha-1 (Ansar et al., 1996), and infestation can lead to
32.3% losses in maize crop (Balyan and Bhan, 1989). Horse purlane
caused 25 million dollars loss to maize production each year in
Pakistan (PhD Thesis of Muhammad Saeed).
The book in hand provides base-line information on the chemical
constituents of Primula macrophylla D. Don like isolation and
characterization of nine compounds namely -sitosterol, flavone, 2
-methoxy flavone, 3 -methoxy flavone, 3.3 -dihydroxy chalcone,
-sitosterol glucoside, 2 -hydroxy 7-O- - D-glucoside
"macrophylloside" and two triterpenoid saponins, PM-F and PM-F2 .
Four compounds namely 3.3 -dihydroxy chalcone, macrophylloside,
PM-F and PM-F2 were new while 2 -methoxy flavone and 3 - methoxy
flavone are reported for the first time from the family Primulaceae
and are very rare. - sitosterol, -sitosterol glucoside and flavone
are reported for the first time from this plant in this part of the
world. The book will certainly help the graduate, post-graduate
students, pharmacologists and researchers as useful guideline in
their respective fields.
This book primarily focuses on the importance of natural herbicides
(allelochemicals) in biological control of weeds. Trials were
carried out to investigate efficacy of sole natural herbicides and
their mixture with reduced doses of synthetic herbicides to control
weeds with an over all objective of minimizing reliance on
synthetic herbicides. Specific objectives of the study were: to
assess the effect of natural herbicides on seed germination and
seedling growth of wheat and its weeds under laboratory conditions,
to screen natural herbicides and evaluate the possible synergistic
effect of their mixed application with synthetic herbicides on
growth of wheat and its weeds control under field conditions. This
comprehensive and profusely illustrated book will be highly
valuable for under-graduate and post-graduate students of
Agriculture and researchers involved in the biological control of
weeds and enhancing crop yields in an environment friendly manner.
Therefore, this book should be available in each library.
This book provides the fundamental knowledge on Pest- Host
Interactions in Integrated Pest Management of Stored Product Pest,
Cigarette Beetle (Lasioderma serricorne). It provides training
material for food / feed material industries and extremely valuable
information for tobacco companies, food organizations, researchers,
university students and technicians engaged in studies and control
of stored product pests and therefore should be in each
agricultural library. This book discusses the fundamentals of
Stored-product pest management needs to be considered in planning,
implementation, and evaluation of a successful pest management
program. With recent regulatory changes, customer's concern about
pesticide residues in tobacco and other foods, and companies
embracing IPM and alternative approaches for Stored Product Pest
Management, this book is timely developed. It provides the
base-line information of IPM like pest-host interactions
responsible for susceptibility and resistance responses of
Cigarette Beetle (Lasioderma serricorne).
This study investigated elementary school teachers' perceptions of
customer focus as practiced in Islamic schools in Michigan. In
addition, the study compared Islamic elementary school teachers'
perceptions of customer focus in education and their levels of job
satisfaction with teachers in public and Catholic schools. A total
of 107 teachers in nine Islamic schools participated by completing
three instruments: Customer Service Orientation Scale, Job
Satisfaction Survey, and a short demographic survey. The Customer
Service Orientation Scale measured staff responsiveness to external
customers, instructional systems, environment - physical,
environment - affective, and communication. The subscales included
on the Job Satisfaction survey included satisfaction with:
administrator, teaching, religious aspects of teaching, factors
related to work, professionalism, challenges, parent support,
students, economic factors, other factors, and collaboration.
Groundnut being arid agriculture crop is facing serious pod yield
reducing threats. The global warming further deteriorates this
menace and now drought emerges as major limiting factor in
groundnut yield maximization. In this study different genotypes
were evaluated at three different Agro-Eclogical Zones to identy
high pod yielding and adopted groundnut genotype(s) for commercial
cultivation. The book in hand certainly provides base-line
information and guiding principles for groundnut researchers,
planners, students, progressive growers and organizations.
Therefore, it should be in each library.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah Volume 1 is about Fiqh ruling on Rules and
Regulations of Purification and Prayer that goes back to the Qur'an
and Sunnah and As-Sayyid Sabiq has dealt with all four madhahib
objectively, with no preferential treatment to any.
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